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Sociology is one of those loose terms??like “life coach” and “low-fat”— which could mean pretty much anything. Books like “Blink” and “Freakonomics” have brought fame to this broad, vague area of studies, but even its aficionados are hard-pressed to define it. In reality, Sociology, the “study of groups,” combines psychology, economics, history, statistics and government. Undergrads taking Sociology range from wannabe Social Studies concentrators...
Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok, who led the University from 1971 to 1991, filled four of Harvard’s top deanships during his first five years in office. Neil L. Rudenstine—who led the University between Bok’s and Summers’ terms??tapped four deans to lead Harvard’s schools in his first half-decade in Massachusetts Hall...
Arguably, the term “homophobia” lacks semantic accuracy when it merely refers to an aversion to gays and lesbians instead of out-and-out fear. The queer rights movement has attempted to introduce more accurate terms??for example, heterosexism, which suggests a bias against queer people similar to the bias that sexism directs toward one sex. “Heteronormativity,” “biphobia,” and “transphobia” have been dismissed as products of a progressive movement with too much time on its collective hands?...
...second midterms,” looming on the horizon like a storm cloud over an all-too-short sunny day. It would be disingenuous to act as though I’m at all surprised by this peculiar concept—“mid-terms?? administered at points well beyond the halfway mark of the semester—since, after all, bizarre testing procedures are par for the course here at Harvard. But even alongside atypical practices such as holding finals after winter break, the “second midterm” concept is a deeply frustrating...
Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman, who served two terms on the Council but chose not to seek reelection last spring, told The Crimson in May that—though Council members rarely serve multiple terms??the promise of a more involved Council may have encouraged some members to run again...